re: #314 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con

It’s been a while since all that happened, but I seem to remember a lot of Hong Kongers who were delirious with joy at leaving GB and rejoining China.

(I’m one of the people who thought it would come to this.)

In 1997, 35% of the population of Hong Kong supported the handover. A whopping 48% were “neutral” on subject. 9% were completely opposed. The remaining 8% were not elaborated on in the WP article.